VIRTUAL | Extreme Design: Building for Future Climates
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SPEAKER | Prof. Sue Roaf, Heriot-Watt University
ABSTRACT |The warming global climate is triggering ever more extreme weather events with records being broken year on year for flooding, heat and cold waves and wind strengths. Consequently, more buildings are failing in the face of such weather events. In order to build structures that can withstand ever greater climate challenges in which people and populations can 'bounce forwards' to remain safe in them, in ever more extreme weather conditions, we need to upgrade our approach to the climate design of buildings around the world. A recent project to design an extreme Polar Lodge to stand for twelve months at Collins Bay, Antarctica, emphasized that it is difficult to approach more 'extreme design' without actually experiencing the extreme conditions they may be required to operate in. In such climates designers are working often beyond the limits of their knowledge and, at times, their imagination. This paper outlines what was learnt in that project (www.extremelodge.org/home/blog/ ) about designing for a climate in which temperatures fall to minus 30 degrees during winter, and winds of up to 200 km per hour have been recorded. Valuable lessons were learnt on the underlying process of how to design for more extreme weather futures in our heating world.
This talk was 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes for Q&A. The meeting opened at 5:50 pm for attendees to join and the event will start promptly at 6 pm.
VIRTUAL | Extreme Design: Building for Future Climates - Recording
SPEAKER | Prof. Sue Roaf, Heriot-Watt University
ABSTRACT |The warming global climate is triggering ever more extreme weather events with records being broken year on year for flooding, heat and cold waves and wind strengths. Consequently, more buildings are failing in the face of such weather events. In order to build structures that can withstand ever greater climate challenges in which people and populations can 'bounce forwards' to remain safe in them, in ever more extreme weather conditions, we need to upgrade our approach to the climate design of buildings around the world. A recent project to design an extreme Polar Lodge to stand for twelve months at Collins Bay, Antarctica, emphasized that it is difficult to approach more 'extreme design' without actually experiencing the extreme conditions they may be required to operate in. In such climates designers are working often beyond the limits of their knowledge and, at times, their imagination. This paper outlines what was learnt in that project (www.extremelodge.org/home/blog/ ) about designing for a climate in which temperatures fall to minus 30 degrees during winter, and winds of up to 200 km per hour have been recorded. Valuable lessons were learnt on the underlying process of how to design for more extreme weather futures in our heating world.
This talk was 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes for Q&A. The meeting opened at 5:50 pm for attendees to join and the event will start promptly at 6 pm.
VIRTUAL | Extreme Design: Building for Future Climates - Recording